Tag: open-source
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Linkedin Phishing Campaign Exploits Open-Source Pen Testing Tool to Compromise Business Execs
Cybersecurity Researchers at ReliaQuest warn of an ongoing campaign delivered to “high-value individuals” via LinkedIn messages First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linkedin-phishing-campaign-targets/
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Linkedin Phishing Campaign Exploits Open-Source Pen Testing Tool to Compromise Business Execs
Cybersecurity Researchers at ReliaQuest warn of an ongoing campaign delivered to “high-value individuals” via LinkedIn messages First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linkedin-phishing-campaign-targets/
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Linkedin Phishing Campaign Exploits Open-Source Pen Testing Tool to Compromise Business Execs
Cybersecurity Researchers at ReliaQuest warn of an ongoing campaign delivered to “high-value individuals” via LinkedIn messages First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linkedin-phishing-campaign-targets/
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WPair Scanner Released to Detect WhisperPair Flaw in Google’s Fast Pair Protocol
An open-source Android application designed to identify and test devices vulnerable to CVE-2025-36911, a critical authentication bypass flaw in Google’s Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol. The vulnerability, commonly referred to as WhisperPair, affects millions of Bluetooth audio devices worldwide, enabling unauthorised pairing and potentially granting access to microphoneswithout user consent. CVE-2025-36911 represents a significant cryptographic weakness…
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Neue EU-Schwachstellen-Datenbank gestartet
Die neue GCVE-Datenbank soll das Schwachstellenmanagement effizienter und einfacher machen.Mit db.gcve.eu stellt die GCVE-Initiative (Global Cybersecurity Vulnerability Enumeration) ab sofort eine kostenfreie, öffentlich zugängliche Datenbank für IT-Sicherheitslücken bereit. Ziel ist es, die Abhängigkeit von US-Datenbanken zu beenden und die digitale Souveränität in Europa zu stärken. Die Plattform führt Informationen aus verschiedenen öffentlichen Ressourcen zusammen. Dazu…
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Not hot on bots, project names and shames AI-created open source software
‘OpenSlopware’ briefly flowers, fades, falls but fortunately was forked, fast First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/18/openslopware_is_back/
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Argus: Python-Based Recon Toolkit Aims to Boost Security Intelligence
Security researchers and penetration testers gain a comprehensive open-source reconnaissance platform with the release of Argus v2.0, a Python-based information gathering toolkit that consolidates 135 specialised modules into a unified command-line interface. The toolkit addresses the growing complexity of modern attack surface management by providing integrated access to network mapping, web application analysis, and threat…
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Bytebase: Open-source database DevOps tool
Bytebase is a DevOps platform for managing database schema and data changes through a structured workflow. It provides a central place for teams to submit change requests, run … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/19/bytebase-open-source-database-devops-tool/
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AWS Console Supply Chain Breach Enables GitHub Repository Hijacking
Tags: attack, breach, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, github, malicious, open-source, service, supply-chain, threatA newly reported supply chain attack targeting the Amazon Web Services (AWS) management console has raised alarms across the developer community. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that threat actors are exploiting misconfigured AWS credentials and integrated GitHub actions tohijack repositoriesand inject malicious code into open-source projects. According to the security firm that uncovered the incident, attackersexploitcompromised…
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Bug-Bounty-Programm: Curl-Entwickler dreht dem KI-Schrott den Geldhahn zu
Massen an KI-generierten Bug-Reports belasten Open-Source-Entwickler. Das Curl-Projekt streicht die Prämien – und nimmt damit die Anreize. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/bug-bounty-programm-curl-entwickler-dreht-dem-ki-schrott-den-geldhahn-zu-2601-204260.html
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AsyncRAT Malware Infests Orgs via Python & Cloudflare
The phishing campaign shows how attackers continue to weaponize legitimate cloud services and open source tools to evade detection and gain trust. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/attackers-abuse-python-cloudflare-deliver-asyncrat
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Flaw in AI Libraries Exposes Models to Remote Code Execution
3 Major Tech Firms Shipped Vulnerable Open-Source Tools to Hugging Face. Researchers discovered remote code execution vulnerabilities in three AI libraries from Apple, Salesforce and Nvidia used by models with tens of millions of Hugging Face downloads, allowing attackers to hide malicious code in model metadata. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/flaw-in-ai-libraries-exposes-models-to-remote-code-execution-a-30519
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CISO Assistant: Open-source cybersecurity management and GRC
CISO Assistant is an open-source governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform designed to help security teams document risks, controls, and framework alignment in a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/14/ciso-assistant-open-source-cybersecurity-management-grc/
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Product showcase: Orbot Tor VPN for iOS
Orbot for iOS is a free, open-source networking tool that routes supported app traffic through the Tor network. Developed by the Guardian Project, it is intended for users who … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/14/product-showcase-orbot-tor-ios/
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AuraInspector: Open-Source Misconfiguration Detection for Salesforce Aura
Mandiant has released AuraInspector, an open-source command-line tool designed to help security teams identify and audit access control misconfigurations within the Salesforce Aura framework that could expose sensitive data, including credit card numbers, identity documents, and health information. The tool addresses a critical gap in Salesforce Experience Cloud security, where complex sharing rules and multi-level…
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Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware
Security experts have disclosed details of an active malware campaign that’s exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in a legitimate binary associated with the open-source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity trojans and stealers.”Attackers achieve evasion by pairing a malicious libcares-2.dll with any signed version of the legitimate ahost.exe…
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Popular Python libraries used in Hugging Face models subject to poisoned metadata attack
The open-source libraries were created by Salesforce, Nvidia, and Apple with a Swiss group First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/13/ai_python_library_bugs_allow/
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Attackers Abuse Python, Cloudflare to Deliver AsyncRAT
The phishing campaign shows how attackers continue to weaponize legitimate cloud services and open source tools to evade detection and gain trust. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/attackers-abuse-python-cloudflare-deliver-asyncrat
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AI Supply Chain Risk: Will CIOs Be Held Accountable?
Growing Third-Party Breach Trend Is Spreading to AI Suppliers IT organizations have built processes for reducing vendor risk, but in the AI era, that operating model is being dismantled. Modern AI environments are built on dynamic external foundational models, countless APIs, open-source components and continuous data pipelines that pose risks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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AuraInspector: Open-source tool to audit Salesforce Aura access control misconfigurations
Google and its Mandiant threat intelligence unit have released AuraInspector, an open-source tool aimed at auditing data access paths in Salesforce Experience Cloud … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/13/aurainspector-open-source-tool-salesforce-aura/
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Mandiant open sources tool to prevent leaky Salesforce misconfigs
AuraInspector automates the most common abuses and generates fixes for customers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/13/mandiant_salesforce_tool/
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Gogs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, open-source, service, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Gogs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)addeda Gogspath traversal vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8110 (CVSS Score of 8.7), to itsKnown Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Gogs (Go Git Service) is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted Git service written…
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Critical vulnerability found in n8n workflow automation platform
The open-source platform is widely used across enterprise environments, leaving thousands of instances at risk. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/critical-vulnerability-n8n-automation-platform/809360/
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Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
Tags: open-sourceCall for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/eu_open_source_consultation/
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pfSense: Open-source firewall and routing platform
Firewalls, VPN access, and traffic rules need steady attention, often with limited budgets and staff. In that context, the open source pfSense Community Edition (CE) continues … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/12/pfsense-open-source-firewall-routing-platform/
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Use of XMRig Cryptominer by Threat Actors Expanding: Expel
Security researchers last year wrote about a surge in the use by threat actors of the legitimate XMRig cryptominer, and cybersecurity firm Expel is now outlining the widening number of malicious ways they’re deploying the open-source tool against corporate IT operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/use-of-xmrig-cryptominer-by-threat-actors-expanding-expel/
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Ni8mare: Kritische n8n-Lücke bedroht 100.000 Server
Tags: access, api, bug, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, google, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerabilityn8n-Anwender sollten ihre Systeme dringend patchen. Forscher warnen vor einer schwerwiegenden Sicherheitslücke. Forscher des Security-Anbieters Cyera haben eine schwerwiegende Schwachstelle in der Workflow-Automatisierungsplattform n8n entdeckt. Sie ermöglicht es Angreifern, beliebigen Code auszuführen. Auf diese Weise könnten sie die vollständige Kontrolle über die betroffene Umgebung übernehmen, so die Experten. Laut Forschungsbericht sind davon 100.000 Server betroffen.…
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Product showcase: TrackerControl lets Android users see who’s tracking them
TrackerControl is an open-source Android application designed to give users visibility into and control over the hidden data within mobile apps. Many apps routinely … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/09/product-showcase-trackercontrol-for-android/
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Free Docker Hardened Images challenge Chainguard
Docker calls out Chainguard by making all its hardened container images available free, while Chainguard expands its support for open source security. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366636656/Free-Docker-Hardened-Images-challenge-Chainguard